Abstract: This paper explores the personal nursing philosophy I plan to convey in my nursing career. I believe the nature of nursing is rooted in commitment to public service and the undeniable desire to help those in need. Nursing is more than treating an illness; rather it is focused on delivering quality patient care that is individualized to the needs of each patient. My philosophy of nursing incorporates the knowledge of medicine while combining it with relational‚ compassionate caring that
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Evolution of Practical Nursing: Chapter 1 a. What main contribution to nursing are attributed to each period? b. What contributed most to African-Americans’ involvement in nursing? The Civil War‚ beginning in 1861 c. What were Florence Nightingale’s and Mary Seacole’s specific contributions? 2. The Image of Nursing: Chapter 2 a. How has it changed over the decades? b. What is the public’s perception of nurses and nursing? c. What is the new image that nursing is attempting to create
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Nursing stabilizes its own unique body of knowledge and forms its own leadership organizational structure. One of the key aims of nursing leadership is to create empowerment amongst nurses. From the transition of non-modern to contemporary nursing‚ the new context of nursing leadership and management has emerged. However‚ an important question rises on how significant‚ relevant and efficient leadership is on both patient and nursing staff outcomes. Nowadays‚ staff nurses face a wide variety of
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Psychology and Nursing Keanan Brown Psychology DeNaeyer Psychology plays a part (whether it be big or small) in every single industry. It has become very important to study the human mind for the better outcome of operations carried out on a daily basis. Nursing and psychology are in some aspects polar opposites‚ but in the same sense they are interconnected. The main focus in nursing is helping individuals overcome/deal with minor to severe illnesses‚ while psychologists focus almost
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them out of the door in a timely manner leads to nursing workaround. Workarounds are observed or described as behaviors that in a way “fix” a hindrance to meet an expected goal or achieve it faster in a way boost a nurse’s speed in patient care. The clinical dilemma of nursing workaround leads to a downfall in patient safety. The problem of workaround leads to nurses not scanning a patient’s wristband before medication delivery or performing nursing interventions. Caring and treating patients in
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Definition of Nursing “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human responses‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations‚” defines the American Nurses Association (ANA‚ 2003‚ p. 6). The six main features of nursing are: provision of caring relationship to promote health; the different human experiences and responses to health
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The advantages of a nursing assessment is that problems become clearly defined and this can be easily communicated to others where the patient is the focus. A nursing assessment highlights nursing priorities and plans to aid patients overcome any obstacles with clear evaluation of what has happened. Disadvantages would be the patient’s potential limited awareness of the nursing assessment process and understanding of phrases and plans put in place to help. Once the patient has been assessed then
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Career Choice: Following my bachelor degree in biology‚ I will apply to graduate programs for wildlife biology and a teaching assistantship. My goal is to become a wildlife biology with an emphasis on ecology and conservation through research. Wildlife biologists study animals and other wildlife and how they interact with their ecosystems. They study the physical characteristics of animals‚ animal behaviors‚ and the impacts humans have on wildlife and natural habitats. The median annual wage
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To begin with upstream‚ it is defined as the level in which we use primary prevention methods before the person gets the disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009) Primary prevention aims to prevent the disease from occurring. So primary prevention reduces both the incidence and prevalence of a disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009). In primary prevention‚ choices are encouraged that will promote the overall health of an individual‚ population or community. Basic healthcare choices such as
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Contemporary Issues This paper will discuss a contemporary health issue and its potential impact on the nursing profession. As the nursing profession continues to grow‚ society has begun to see a decrease in the number of nurses in the profession. According to NursingWorld (2005) "The nation’s hospitals have 126‚000 vacancies for nursing professions. In addition‚ 75 percent of all hospitals vacancies are for nurses." Currently Registered Nurses are at the top of the list of occupations with
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